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Which player(s)/pair(s) to watch in 2010??..

..with another hectic 2009 BWF calendar year coming to a screeching end in just a few days or so (with who-knows-what-surprises-will-show-up), which player(s)/pair(s) do you guys think will be the player(s)/pair(s) to watch next year??..

Some interesting questions and queries to ponder:
- Will it be someone new for each of the field (MS, WS, MD, WD and XD), or will it be same old story and players??..
- Will SuperDan continue his dominance? Or will he reserve more of his energy and only focus on major individual/team tourneys?
- Will Dato LCW be able to overcome his current injury and toughen up? Or will his injury bother him all yr long?
- Will KOR's Doubles specialist & baddy idol, Lee Yong Dae, continue his magic or suffer a slump?
- Will KOR's WS Hwang Hye Youn return from her injury and put a big smile on the down-but-not-out madbad, once again?
- What will happen to INA MD supreme pair, Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan? Will they finally get their long sought after AE title?
- Will Dionysius H. Rumbaka continue his surprising performance?
- Who will challenge CHN's WS & WD dominance?
- Will the Danes' XD pairs continue their strong performance?
- Will Jan O Jorgensen finally take over the mantle, as DEN's #1 MS, from Peter Gade?

..let's hear 'em..

..yes, limsy? i can feel your fingers are about to hit those keyboards..

..yes, limsy? i can feel your fingers are about to hit those keyboards..

Originally Posted by ctjcad

i have a feeling limsy is either:
- still thinking abt which player(s)/pair(s)
or
- he's still typing a super-duper long preview/post..

dont think too much
if u follow up my post
u should know i have just finish my gathering and now settling my photo(i am cameraman) and will have a bc all star session at 31/12 with george,suetyan and more,plus i have asignment to do
i will answer this as soon as posible

ms 1st

lindan and lcw had won 8 ss in both 2007 and 2009
but only manage to win 4 in 2008 due to the olympic problem(lindan long rest and lcw mental hurdle in final)
they should win atleast 6 ss titles in 2010
if not,i think the era of them will end soon.

i think peter gade will have another fine year in 2010 with atleast 1 ss title i think.

is time for hu yun,kenichi tago,hayom,tanongsak,gurusaidut to close the gap to get closer to the 2nd class player(chen jin,bao chun lai,sdk,ss,bp)

i still think that chen long wont make it big in 2010,wang zheng ming and tian hou wei should be the next lindan

while denmark have joj,ina have hayom
malaysia and korea still struggling to find their next ms leader
chan kwong beng and chong wei feng is the best shot and they should have qualify for thomas cup
as for korea ms,li mao is working hard on that i believe

for ws

china have won more than 60% of the ws ss titles
and they will won atleast another 7 next year

is hard to break china dominant in ws
its china vs the rest of the world

fortunately,we have player like saina nehwal,tine rasmussen,wong mew choo
but they wont fight alone
thailand ws like salakjit,porntip and ratchanok will be better and stronger in 2010,and we might see they slay 1 or 2 china ws in tournament
we should not left out chinese taipei ws,chen hsiao hua,hsu ya ching and tai tzu ying is good enough to have a fight with the china ws

nanna and julia will come out from injury next year,i bet many have forget them

is time for country like ina and korea to answer the call of china ws in 2010

my humble opinion

Limsy, would you elaborate? I've only seen a couple videos but Chen Long looks quite good and has a confident bearing.

To have someone so young explode on the scene would be dazzling news. Are there videos of her play? She looks so slight in the photos.

well
chen long is good
but not good enough to become one of the top like lcw or lindanatleast not now
he have the height,courtcoverage and smash
but he still lack of something special that made lcw(hardworking and great defence)/lindan(great speed and attack)/peter gade(great passion and brain)/taufik hidayat(born to play badminton,pure talent)/wong choong hann(famous for his spirit and attitude)(sorry,i am too young) different from the others
thats takes alot of hardwork,sweat,years and more to reach that level
he might be in the top 3 after 3/4 years
yes,he defeated lcw,ld and taufik(i forget that if he beat peter gade)
but can he perform well again in 2010?
i dont think so
there is still many player is better than him in ms at this moment
if he cant step up before 2012,i think he will end up like chen yu
because,after 2012,he had cj infront of him,wang zhengming and tian hou wei(both the future lindan in making)is chasing from behind
if he want to made it big
its now or never
hope u understand what i mean
thanks

Empty, dry..

Originally Posted by Fidget

...
To have someone so young explode on the scene would be dazzling news. Are there videos of her play? She looks so slight in the photos.

..unfortunately, last time i checked, there is no video of her competing (even in BC, although there are videos of the WJC MD match on youtube). That's a shame because she recently won the World Junior Championships in WS.
Hopefully, in 2010, we'll get to see videos of her competing.